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1、CommitteeonthePromotionofRacialHarmonyNotesofthemeetingon14May2008AttendanceChairman:MrArthurHo,DeputySecretaryforConstitutionalandMainlandAffairs(1)Member:MsRaeesBegumBaigMrManoharChughMrJamesArthurElmsMsArunaGurungMrAmarjeetSinghKhosaMsAnnieLinMrKhanMuhammadMalikMsDevi

2、NoviantiMsAdriellePanares,MHMsVandanaRajwaniMrMuhammedJavedShahabMrBuddhiBahadurThapaMsWongWai-fun,FermiMsEstherChan(LabourDepartment)MrChingWaiHung(EducationBureau)MrKennethSo(HomeAffairsDepartment)MrsAngelaWong(InformationServicesDepartment)MrVictorNg(Constitutionaland

3、MainlandAffairsBureau)MrStanleyNg,(ConstitutionalandMainlandAffairsBureau)MsShirleyChan(ConstitutionalandMainlandAffairsBureau)InAttendance:MrRaymondTang(Chairperson,EqualOpportunitiesCommission)MsAdeLam,ChiefInspectorofPolice,YauTimDistrictAbsencewithapologies:MrSemLimN

4、jauwMrSaeed-Uddin,MHDrYungPui-yip,Paul61.Introduction1.1TheChairmanwelcomedMemberstothemeetingandthankedallnon-officialMembersforcontinuingtoservetheCommitteeontheirre-appointmentwitheffectfrom1June2008.2.Confirmationofthenotesofdiscussionon16November20072.1Thenotesofmee

5、tingon16November2007wereconfirmed.3.Mattersarisingfromthemeetingon16November20073.1Regionalsupportservicecentres:(a)theChairmansaidthattheAdministrationwasdrawinguptheplansforestablishingtheregionalsupportservicecentres.Thesecentreswouldprovideinterpretationservicesforet

6、hnicminoritiesusingpublicservicessuchashealthcareservices,jobcentresandsocialwelfarefacilities.ChineseandEnglishlanguagetrainingcourseandotherintegrationprogrammeswouldbeofferedtohelpethnicminoritiesintegrateintothecommunity.Non-governmentalorganisationswouldbeinvitedtob

7、idfortheproject.(b)Membersofferedthefollowinginitialviewsandsuggestions–(i)amonitoringmechanismshouldbeinplacetoreviewandevaluatetheoperationoftheservicecentres;(ii)centralisedtelephoneinterpretationserviceswouldbeaneffectivealternativecomparedtoprovisionoftheserviceonar

8、egionalbasis;(iii)qualityassuranceonthestandardofinterpretationwascritical;(iv)trainingrelevanttolangua